Posted on 02/08/2016 7:30:44 PM PST by jazusamo
It's unclear whether any Virginia jurisdictions qualify as sanctuary cities, but the state legislature is determined to make sure none of them stray across the line, with Republican senators and delegates pushing to withhold money from those that refuse to cooperate -- and even considering making them have to pay restitution to those harmed by illegal immigrants within their borders.
The House cleared a bill Monday that would require prisons and jails to honor all requests to transfer illegal immigrants to federal custody, as long as they aren't asked to hold the aliens beyond the time they'd normally be released.
Senators meanwhile debated -- but put off until later this week -- votes on bills that would have allowed the state to strip grant money from sanctuaries, and that would have given private citizens hurt by illegal immigrants the chance to claim damages.
"This is very simple: We are either voting for rule of law or voting against it," said Sen. Thomas A. Garrett, Buckingham Republican and sponsor of the bill to strip funding from sanctuaries.
Sanctuary cities have burst onto front pages nationwide after last summer's slaying of Kathryn Steinle, a 32-year-old woman shot while walking the San Francisco waterfront with her father. Police charged an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times but had snuck back and was living in San Francisco, where officials just months earlier had refused to turn him over to federal immigration agents for deportation.
In Congress, Senate Democrats launched a filibuster to prevent the national government from stripping federal grant money from sanctuaries, forcing the fight back into the states, where local lawmakers, eager to win points with constituents, are taking up the challenge in about a dozen states.
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Secessionist Cities should be held accountable for the damage they inflict on the remainder of America.
I think the politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged as accessories to the crimes of illegals.
Personally charged.
WHY ISN’T the Fed Gov responsible for the murders and rapes and DWI injuries attributed to illegal scum?
Is it that you can’t sue the Fed Gov?
they make me sick.
You still don’t hate them as much as they hate you.
While MN Governor Marx Dayton, along with the DFL legislature pushes ahead for additional sanctuary cities...
Well, after all, these “sanctuary cities” ARE aiding and abetting criminals. Same thing as driving the “get away” car.
What’s the point? Rat governor will just veto.
Absolutely agree, It would put a stop to sanctuary cities immediately!
Yes, but it would make that Rat Governor a target every times an illegal alien committed another crime.
The most problematic sanctuary city is D.C. Dump them all at the White House.
Not the cities but those that govern who declared them sanctuary cities - fine and jail them.
Bump!
So once again no one is held accountable and the taxpayer gets the bill.
Me too
Funny how we have to keep shooting for laws, etc., to do something about the lawbreakers instead of just deporting them with the illegals they harbor...
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